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saffian

[ saf-ee-uhn ]

noun

  1. a leather made of goatskin or sheepskin, usually dyed in bright colors.


saffian

/ ˈæɪə /

noun

  1. leather tanned with sumach and usually dyed a bright colour
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of saffian1

1585–95; < Russian ʾá < Turkic (compare Turkish sahtiyan ) < Persian پ, akin to sekht hard, firm
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of saffian1

C16: via Russian and Turkish from Persian پ goatskin, from sakht hard
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Example Sentences

“The first time it was San Bernardino,” said Laurie Saffian, co-chair of the nonprofit group Women Against Gun Violence.

From

Saffian, saf′i-an, n. a name applied to skins tanned with sumac and dyed in bright colours.

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Hutton Vice President Marvin Saffian: "If the Pronto had been introduced in 1972, it would have saved a lot of money, a lot of reputations and a lot of jobs on Wall Street."

And a descendant of the sublime family of higher intelligences which sprung from this union is our dear Baron Porphyrio von Ockerodastes, who has adopted the sobriquet of Cordovanspitz to indicate his ancestral connection with Cordova in Spain, and to distinguish himself by it from a more haughty but less worthy collateral line of the family, which bears the title of 'Saffian.'

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